International assessments of corruption can't properly show the increasingly sophisticated way elite people from rogue states use global networks to manage illicit finances, experts have warned.
Economics & Business
Aug 15, 2023
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While social media platforms are the primary source of political information for a growing number of people, a majority of Twitter users do not follow either members of Congress, their president or news media, a new study ...
Political science
Sep 30, 2022
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During the Bronze Age, Mesopotamia was witness to several climate crises. In the long run, these crises prompted the development of stable forms of sate and therefore elicited cooperation between political elites and non-elites. ...
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2021
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Social media manipulation of public opinion is a growing threat to democracies around the world, according to the 2020 media manipulation survey from the Oxford Internet Institute, which found evidence in every one of the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2021
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Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political ideology, according to a study of more than 8,500 American parents by a research ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2021
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Thousands of state-sponsored propaganda tweets on the Iranian nuclear deal have been analyzed using artificial intelligence by experts at the University of Portsmouth.
Social Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Conspiracy theories have circulated at all times, in all cultures, and among all populations. They routinely appear in conjunction with major incidents, such as those that today take the form of terrorist attacks, the COVID-19 ...
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2022
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A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that individuals who falsely believe they are able to identify false news are more likely to fall victim to it. In the article published today, ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2021
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People judge members of their own circles more harshly than they judge individuals from other groups for the same transgressions, according to new Cornell University research.
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2023
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More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from their rulers than many archeologists previously thought.
Archaeology
Jan 5, 2023
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